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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025
the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Jeremiah 51:22

I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash men, old and young. I used you to smash young men and young women.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Agency;   Persia;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cyrus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Persia, Persians;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Babylon;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Break;   Maid;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ages of Man in Jewish Literature, the Seven;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
With you I will smash man and woman;with you I will smash the old man and the youth;with you I will smash the young man and the young woman.
Hebrew Names Version
and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
King James Version
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
English Standard Version
with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the young woman;
New American Standard Bible
And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter the old man and youth, And with you I shatter the young man and virgin,
New Century Version
I use you to smash men and women. I use you to smash old people and young people. I use you to smash young men and young women.
Amplified Bible
With you I shatter man and woman, With you I shatter old man and youth, With you I shatter young man and virgin,
World English Bible
and with you will I break in pieces the chariot and him who rides therein; and with you will I break in pieces man and woman; and with you will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
Geneva Bible (1587)
By thee also will I breake man & woman, and by thee wil I breake olde & yong, & by thee wil I breake the yong man and the mayde.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And with you I shatter man and woman, And with you I shatter old man and youth, And with you I shatter young man and virgin,
Legacy Standard Bible
And with you I shatter man and woman,And with you I shatter old man and youth,And with you I shatter choice man and virgin,
Berean Standard Bible
With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.
Contemporary English Version
as well as men and women, young and old,
Complete Jewish Bible
with you I shatter husbands and wives; with you I shatter old and young; with you I shatter young men and virgins;
Darby Translation
and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
George Lamsa Translation
With you will I scatter men and women, and with you will I scatter the old men and the youths, and with you will I scatter the young men and the maids,
Good News Translation
to kill men and women, to slay old and young, to kill boys and girls,
Lexham English Bible
And I smash man and woman with you, and I smash the old man and the boy with you, and I smash the young man and the young woman with you.
Literal Translation
And I will shatter man and woman with you, and with you I will shatter old and young, and with you I will shatter the young man and the girl.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thorow the I haue scatred man & woman, olde and yonge, bacheler & mayden.
American Standard Version
and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and him that rideth therein; and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
Bible in Basic English
With you man and woman will be broken; with you the old man and the boy will be broken; with you the young man and the virgin will be broken;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And with thee will I shatter man and woman, and with thee will I shatter the old man and the youth, and with thee will I shatter the young man and the maid;
King James Version (1611)
With thee also will I breake in pieces man and woman, and with thee will I breake in pieces old and yong, and with thee will I breake in pieces the yong man and the maide.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Through thee I haue broken man and woman, olde and young, bacheler and mayden.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord could no longer bear you, because of the wickedness of your doings, and because of your abominations which ye wrought; and so your land became a desolation and a waste, and a curse, as at this day;
English Revised Version
and with thee will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a man and womman; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee an elde man and a child; and Y schal hurtle doun in thee a yong man and a virgyn;
Update Bible Version
and with you I will break in pieces the chariot and him that rides therein; and with you I will break in pieces man and woman; and with you I will break in pieces the old man and the youth; and with you I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin;
Webster's Bible Translation
With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
New English Translation
I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women.
New King James Version
With you also I will break in pieces man and woman; With you I will break in pieces old and young; With you I will break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
New Living Translation
With you I will shatter men and women, old people and children, young men and young women.
New Life Bible
With you I destroy the war-wagon and its driver. With you I destroy man and woman. With you I destroy old man and boy. With you I destroy young man and young woman.
New Revised Standard
with you I smash man and woman; with you I smash the old man and the boy; with you I smash the young man and the girl;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and Beat down with thee - man and woman, and Beat down with thee - elder and youth, and Beat down with thee - young man and virgin;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And with thee I will break in pieces man and woman, and with thee I will break in pieces the old man and the child, and with thee I will break in pieces the young man and the virgin:
Revised Standard Version
with you I break in pieces man and woman; with you I break in pieces the old man and the youth; with you I break in pieces the young man and the maiden;
Young's Literal Translation
And I have broken in pieces by thee man and woman, And I have broken in pieces by thee old and young, And I have broken in pieces by thee young man and virgin,

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord says, "I will cause a powerful, destructive wind to blow against Babylon and the Babylonians. 2 I will send foreigners to winnow Babylon, and they will take everything from the city. Armies will surround the city, and there will be terrible destruction. 3 The Babylonian soldiers will not get to use their bows and arrows. They will not even put on their armor. Don't feel sorry for the soldiers of Babylon. Destroy her army completely! 4 Babylon's soldiers will be killed in the land of the Chaldeans. They will be badly wounded in the streets of Babylon." 5 The Lord All-Powerful did not leave Israel and Judah alone, like a widow. No, they are guilty of leaving the Holy One of Israel. Their God did not leave them. They left him! 6 Run away from Babylon. Run to save your lives! Don't stay and be killed because of Babylon's sins! It is time for the Lord to punish the Babylonians for the bad things they have done. Babylon will get the punishment that she should have. 7 Babylon was like a golden cup in the Lord 's hand. Babylon made the whole world drunk. The nations drank Babylon's wine, so they went crazy. 8 But Babylon will suddenly fall and be broken. Cry for her! Get medicine for her pain, and maybe she can be healed. 9 We tried to heal Babylon, but she cannot be healed. So let us leave her, and let each of us go to our own country. God in heaven will decide Babylon's punishment. He will decide what will happen to Babylon. 10 The Lord got even for us. Come, let's tell about that in Zion. Let's tell what the Lord our God has done.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 6:11, Deuteronomy 32:25, 1 Samuel 15:3, 2 Chronicles 36:17, Isaiah 20:4, Lamentations 2:11, Ezekiel 9:6

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 44:7 - to cut Lamentations 2:21 - young

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman,.... Or, "have broken"; having no respect to any sex, and to the propagation of posterity:

and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; not sparing men of any age, however useful they might be, the one for their wisdom, the other for their strength:

and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid; who by procreation of children might fill and strengthen commonwealths.


 
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